MTU Library Catalogue

Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Freud for beginners / Richard Osborne ; illustrated by Maurice Meechan.

By: Osborne, Richard, 1952-.
Contributor(s): Meechan, Maurice.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Zidane, 2005Edition: New ed.Description: 192 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0954842111 .Subject(s): Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 | Psychoanalysis -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 150.1952
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 150.1952 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00061105
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An introduction to Freud's work and methodology locating Freud in historical context and considering the criticisms of his theories. The splits in psychoanalytic work after Freud's death and recent Lacanian ideas are included. Osborne also looks at Freud's followers and his influence in the 20th century.

Excerpt provided by Syndetics

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, began anintellectual revolution that would change forever the scienceof self-perception, interpersonal relationships, and wholetheories of human behavior. His influence on 20th-centurythinking and issues is arguably unparalleled, affecting attitudes onsex, religion, art, culture, and more. Freud for Beginners explainsthe doctor's dogma with wit and clarity, all in a contemporarycontext.Written for the layperson, this book is enlivened by classic comicstrip-style art, giving a distinctly pop twist to the presentation ofFreud's theories. (For instance, the story of Oedipus is the subject of a conversation betweenFreud and a trenchcoat-wearing detective, who construes a somewhat scrambled analogy betweenthe Greek youth and Chicago mobsters.) This guide tells Freud's life story and reviews his majorworks on dreams and sexuality.The book also takes a critical lookat Freud's philosophical opponents(Jung, Wittgenstein, Adler, Eysenck,and Reich) and his modern- dayheirs (Horney, Lacar, Winnicott, andKristeva). The feminist perspectiveis explored in great detail, its valuesposing a radical challenge to the coreof Freud's suppositions. Whethermotivated by cerebral curiosity ora simple attempt to elevate theirlevel of cocktail chatter, Freudfor Beginners aims to educatereaders of every generation who areinterested in the ongoing history of Excerpted from Freud for Beginners by Richard Osborne All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.